Address type printing tag



Jan. 27, 1953 L, E, VOG-r 2,626,567

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Y ADDRESS TYPE PRINriNG 'r-AG LucienYogt, West Roxbury, Mass.,Iassignent() l Farrington Manufacturing K Company, Boston,

-Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts iiii'iaticnaary 5, 1951, serialNo. 204,510

1 claim. (c1. 10i-369) Thisinv'ention relates tol-printing plateso'f theytollen typewhich may be arf'd A'by peo lel and used lfor bothidenticationj- :d printing purposes. More particularly it `at'e's toaprintng vr'device adapted to be worn 'by means of fachain or cordaround the neck or otherwise.

Objects of thejinvention arevgto provide a deviceuof the type referredto which can be made inexpensively of sheet metal, which iscompact andeasy to carry, which has no'fsharp edges when in carrying condition,which can be used for printing purposes without removing the chain or-cord from the neck, and which is generally superior to prior printingplates of the type referred to.

According to this invention the printing tag comprises a casing of sheetmaterial, the side edges of the casing being straight and parallel andbent over to form inturned flanges which denne grooves, in combinationwith a plate fitted into the casing from one end with its side edgessliding in the aforesaid grooves, the edge of the sheet material at theother end of the casing being bent over the' corresponding end of theplate to guard the end edge of the plate and the plate being embossedwith indicia to serve as a printing device when slipped out of thecasing, In the preferred embodiment the plate and the back of the casingare parallel and juxtaposed throughout the width of the tag, andpreferably they are both at. Preferably the other end of the plate isbent over the corresponding end of the casing to guard the rolled edgeof the casing, so that when the parts are telescoped together no rawedges are presented throughout the entire periphery of the tag. Thecasing may also be embossed with indicia which projects from the back sothat it may be used as a printing plate when it is slipped out of thecasing.

In another aspect the casing has yan opening near its closed end toattach it to a chain or cord Yand the plate has a notch in itscorresponding end to straddle the opening.

In still another aspect one of the members has a recess and the othermember has a projection adapted to snap into the recess yieldingly tohold the members in telescopic relationship. Preferably the projectionis in the form of a dimple near the turned over end of the plate and therecess ,is in the form of an opening through the corresponding end ofthe casing.

For the purpose .of illustration typical embodiments of the inventionare shown in the accomlpanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is afront view;

Fig. 2 is a rear view; i

Fig. 3 is a rear viewof the plate.; y l

Fig. 4 is a front AView ofthe ,casing with theplate removed;

Fig. 6 is a section online -6-.6 of `Fig.2;

Fig. 7 is a rear view of-a'modlcation; and

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8-'8 of Fig. '7.

The particular embodiment-of the invention illustrated in Figs. -l `to 7comprises a plate P and a casing C. The side edges of the casing areturned forwardly and inwardly to form flanges I and 2 which definegrooves to receive the plate P. The ends of the casing are curved andthe edge of one end is turned in to form a flange 3 which forms anintegral continuation of the flanges I and 2. The end of the plateopposite to the end which fits under the flange 3 is bent rearwardly toform flange 4 which overlies the corresponding end of the casing C whenthe parts are telescoped together, the ends of the flange 4 extendingsubstantially from the free end of the flange I to the free end of theiiange 2. Thus when the parts are telescoped together no edges areexposed except the inwardly .directed edges of the flanges, and inasmuchas they lie close to the outer faces of the device they are not felt inhandling the device.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the opposed faces of the plate and casing arejuxtaposed when the parts are telescoped together and each part isembossed outwardly with any suitable indicia such as the name andidentification indicia of soldiers, employees, etc. Inasmuch as theedges of each part are turned in one direction and the indicia isembossed in the opposite direction, either part may be used as aprinting plate when the two parts are separated.

To attach the device to a chain or string the casing is provided with anopening 5 near its closed end and the plate is provided with a notch 6at its corresponding end to straddle the chain or cord extending throughthe opening 5.

While the parts may be held in telescopic relationship merely by thefriction between the edges of the plate and the grooves formed byflanges l, 2 and 3, preferably additional snap means are provided moresecurely to hold the parts against accidental separation. In Figs. 1 to6 this means is in the form of a dimple 'I projecting rearwardly fromthe flanged end of the plate P into an opening 8 in the correspondingend of the casing C'. In Figs. 'I and 8 this holding means comprises acircular flange 9 projecting rearwardly from the plate P through anopening l0 in the casing C'. To separate the parts they are iiexed awayfrom each other far enough to disengage the inner-locking parts. In theembodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 6 this can be accomplished by the camaction between the dimple and opening when the plate P is pushed endwiseout of the casing C. However in Figs. 7 and 8 the lock is positive andto disengage the parts from each other the projection line must first bepushed out of the opening l0 by engagement with the flange 9 or theparts must be pried apart by inserting a thin lever between the edges ofthe parts and then prying them apart.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purposeof illustration only and that this invention includes all modificationsand equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claim. l,

I claim:

A printing tag comprising a flat sheet-metal casing having straightsides and rounded ends, a flat sheet-metal printing plate havingapproximately the same contour as said casing, the niargin of the casingbeing bent forwardly over the edge of the plate to form a flangeextending substantially continuously along one of said sides, thencealong one of said rounded ends and thence along the other straight side,the back of the plate seating flatwise against the casing and the frontof the plate having raised printing characters 4 intermediate the sidesof said in-turned flange, and the plate having an inturned flange bentrearwardly at the end opposite said flanged end of the casing, the plateflange extending substantially continuously from one -to the other endof the casing flange, whereby a bent edge extends substantiallycontinuously around the entire device when the plate is slipped into thecasing.

LUCIEN E. VOGT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the iile ofthis patent:

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